The Soccer Thread

[USSoccer]

Reading tied Manchester United yesterday 1-1. The dream season continues. How can anyone not be rooting for Reading to stay in the Prem? The tie moved Chelski to the top of the tables however :(

 

Good for Bobby Convey.

[USSoccer]

The Fire get another 3 points and a spot in the playoffs with a 2-1 win over LA Galaxy. The two teams will meet again back in Bridgeview Wednesday night for the Dewar Cup.

 

Did that game eliminate LA from the playoffs?

Almost. I believe they're 6 points out right now with just 3 games left.

 

Good. Anything that could possibly wake Landon Donovan up to the fact he needs to play in Europe is fine by me.

[davecubsfan]

Reading tied Manchester United yesterday 1-1. The dream season continues. How can anyone not be rooting for Reading to stay in the Prem? The tie moved Chelski to the top of the tables however :(

 

Good for Bobby Convey.

 

Don't forget about Hannehman either :)

[soccer10k]

Man United-Benfica is about to start on ESPN2 in Champions League Matchday 2

[soccer10k]

Man United beats Benfica on a goal by Saha in the 60th minute.

[UMFan83]

Man United beats Benfica on a goal by Saha in the 60th minute.

 

I got to watch parts of about 50 minutes of the game. Pretty good match overall.

[davecubsfan]

Some interesting gossip this morning on the BBC's transfer rumors page this morning.

 

Reading hope to sign DC United's American wonderkid Freddy Adu on loan in January with a view to a permanent £5m deal. (The Sun)

 

I don't think MLS will let him out of his contract but it would be cool to see 3 Americans on a premier league team.

[Marco4]

Man United beats Benfica on a goal by Saha in the 60th minute.

 

I got to watch parts of about 50 minutes of the game. Pretty good match overall.

 

That's strange - I didn't watch it, I was keeping up with two League One games (Its really tough listening to two games at once) - people kept coming up to me at work today and saying how tedious a game it was. :-k

[USSoccer]

Some interesting gossip this morning on the BBC's transfer rumors page this morning.

 

Reading hope to sign DC United's American wonderkid Freddy Adu on loan in January with a view to a permanent £5m deal. (The Sun)

 

I don't think MLS will let him out of his contract but it would be cool to see 3 Americans on a premier league team.

 

Imagine how Clint Dempsey feels about that...

[Jon]

Nothing like Champions League action in the afternoon and (listening to :( ) the USOC final tonight. But it will be on FSC for those that have it.

[davecubsfan]

Some interesting gossip this morning on the BBC's transfer rumors page this morning.

 

Reading hope to sign DC United's American wonderkid Freddy Adu on loan in January with a view to a permanent £5m deal. (The Sun)

 

I don't think MLS will let him out of his contract but it would be cool to see 3 Americans on a premier league team.

 

Imagine how Clint Dempsey feels about that...

 

Isn't Demp's contract up after this year? If it is he's as good as gone. My best guess is that MLS will hold onto Adu until he's done with his contract.

[davecubsfan]

Sirius is playing the Milan-Bayern match today.

[soccer10k]

Chelsea vs Levski Sofia is on ESPN2 right now.

[David]

We have a 13 page thread on soccer?

 

My God.

[Jon]

Some exciting action in the early going.

[soccer10k]

We have a 13 page thread on soccer?

 

My God.

 

Apparently you didn't see the "Official World Cup" thread we had.

[Jon]

20 minutes in and there's been a save deflected off the upright and a shot off the crossbar.

[soccer10k]

Ballack's shot goes off the post for Chelsea. That's two now.

[soccer10k]

Great save by the Levski Sofia goalie but the rebound goes right to Drogba for the Chelsea goal. 1-0.

[Jon]

Nice save, but Drogba gets the easy goal.

[USSoccer]

Some interesting gossip this morning on the BBC's transfer rumors page this morning.

 

Reading hope to sign DC United's American wonderkid Freddy Adu on loan in January with a view to a permanent £5m deal. (The Sun)

 

I don't think MLS will let him out of his contract but it would be cool to see 3 Americans on a premier league team.

 

Imagine how Clint Dempsey feels about that...

 

Isn't Demp's contract up after this year? If it is he's as good as gone. My best guess is that MLS will hold onto Adu until he's done with his contract.

 

His contract runs until the end of the 2007 season, which means he's stuck in neutral until the January 2008 transfer window, unless MLS does the right thing sooner.

 

As an aside, I thought Adu's contract had an out clause in it...

[Jon]

Wow. Liverpool blowing a 3-0 lead. It's 3-2 now.

[Jon]

Drogba with a very interesting hat trick to put Chelsea up 3-0.

[soccer10k]

Hat trick for Drogba.

[soccer10k]

I just realized that Werder Bremen is ahead of Barcelona 1-0.